Beauchamp: “The year was 1972, and I was in country — hip-deep ‘in the shit,’ as we used to say… Little Debbie had just posed on an anti-aircraft battery and was mouthing agitprop for the North Vietnamese; the war was being fought to lose by armchair generals and politicians trying to hide from their own shadows; and morale inside the platoon was eroding faster than one of Nixon’s promises under

Although that premise itself must of course be viewed through the progressive filter of nuance. Some dialogue is simply more equal than others. HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MY QUESTIONING OF YOUR PATRIOTISM FOR QUESTIONING MY PATRIOTISM BY QUESTIONING! (h/t Pablo)

Ron Paul is many things. But St George beating back the dragon of American Imperialism? Come now. I admit I don’t know Greg Scoblete from Adam, and that I find these types of hagiographic pieces uncomfortable to read, so embarrassed am I for their authors, who come across as nothing short of political groupies. And after reading Scoblete’s piece, I had the uncomfortable thought that, once he finished it, he

What can I say? I’m thorough. If one can believe Matt Sanchez (dubious, given where he’s housed his pecker in the past, I realize — but what the hell, let’s just pretend), the army has concluded its inquiries: After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegations made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the “Baghdad Diarist”,

From Stacy McCain, Washington Times, via email (video here): “Welcome to the address that the Council on American Islamic Relations does not want you to hear,” Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch said Thursday, opening a speech to the Young America’s Foundation that caused CAIR to send a letter yesterday demanding “that YAF cancel the subject session. The Washington Times obtained a text of Mr. Spencer’s speech, excerpts of which follow:

Here. Then they head off on vacation. A preemptive “can’t be reached for comment,” if you will. In the comments to this morning’s post, SEK and timmy are (predicably) satisfied with TNR’s post hoc “fact checking.” In fact, in timmy’s case, that satisfaction extends to trying out a series of end zone dances meant to taunt the NEOCON skeptics. You know, those of us who will believe anything. Like, say,

On matters Beauchamp: [Dean Barnett’s post] consists of basically an excuse to link to this intrepid report by Matt “Yes I appeared in Gay porn but that does not mean I am gay and even if I am for some reason the Right-wing gives me a pass anyway” Sanchez (obligatory Onion link), in which his investigation has turned up no one who has seen the disfigured woman (PROOF BEAUCHAMP IS

Were I a terrorist thinking about targeting the good people of India, I’d keep in mind that these seemingly placid subcontinental folk are responsible for giving the world yoga — which, were it not for the fact that your abs and glutes come away looking absolutely fabulous! would no doubt wind up on Andrew Sullivan’s short list of “torture” methods. Instead, no pain, no gain! — and besides, it can’t